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February 11, 2011
This week on the Confab: Join Managing Editor Joel Dreyfuss as he chats with Washington reporter Cynthia Gordy and contributors Sunni Khalid and Frank McCoy about race relations in Egypt, a forgotten horror of the Jim Crow South and the state of black businesses.
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by Frank McCoy onFebruary 8, 2011
A lack of capital and connections still hampers success for African-American entrepreneurs.
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February 7, 2011
The U.S. Census report on minority-owned businesses issued on Feb. 8 showed healthy growth. There are plenty of role models for those who aspire to own their own. The companies profiled here were drawn from last year's Black Enterprise 100 Industrial/Service list. Their CEOs are entrepreneurial descendants of black business pioneers.
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by Washington Post onDecember 7, 2010
The recession and hair trends mean increased competition and less business for black-owned hair salons.
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by Jon Jeter onSeptember 13, 2010
In the second of a three-part series profiling the nation's capital, The Root takes a look at who really holds the purse strings in the rapidly gentrifying (and not-so) Chocolate City.
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by Chana Garcia onMarch 16, 2010
Plus, the obese go hungry in the South Bronx, Chicago foreclosures, MJ's afterlife payday, and more
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by Dayo Olopade onFebruary 7, 2010
January’s employment numbers are encouraging—and the White House hopes new support for small business will turn the tide.
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